Report of the Special Committee of the United States Senate on the Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands ....U.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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... length , with an average width of not to exceed 3 miles ; in all about 780,000 acres . Such streams , large or small , usually present similar features of deep , narrow valleys , in which the waters appear to be slowly but steadily ...
... length , with an average width of not to exceed 3 miles ; in all about 780,000 acres . Such streams , large or small , usually present similar features of deep , narrow valleys , in which the waters appear to be slowly but steadily ...
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... length north or south , with a width of 150 to 200 miles east and west , and a coast line of 900 miles in extent . It ranges in climate from the temperate to the semi - tropical and in altitude from 15,000 feet above sea - level at ...
... length north or south , with a width of 150 to 200 miles east and west , and a coast line of 900 miles in extent . It ranges in climate from the temperate to the semi - tropical and in altitude from 15,000 feet above sea - level at ...
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... length of 241 miles and an acreage of 207,000 . The total cost will be $ 1,318,000 , or nearly $ 5,500 per mile . The canals under way in Mari- copa County will , when completed , cover 404,900 acres and have a total length of 425 miles ...
... length of 241 miles and an acreage of 207,000 . The total cost will be $ 1,318,000 , or nearly $ 5,500 per mile . The canals under way in Mari- copa County will , when completed , cover 404,900 acres and have a total length of 425 miles ...
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... length and with great ability analyzed the situation in the Rio Grande Valley . He has also given his views of the remedial measures that must be adopted . Your committee calls earnest attention to the evidence taken at El Paso , Sante ...
... length and with great ability analyzed the situation in the Rio Grande Valley . He has also given his views of the remedial measures that must be adopted . Your committee calls earnest attention to the evidence taken at El Paso , Sante ...
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... length as stated . with state- ditches . ment of length omit- ted . Total capacity as given . No. of ditch claims , omit- ting state- ment of ca- pacity . No. of ditch Total acro - claims , omit- age watered ting state- as given . ment ...
... length as stated . with state- ditches . ment of length omit- ted . Total capacity as given . No. of ditch claims , omit- ting state- ment of ca- pacity . No. of ditch Total acro - claims , omit- age watered ting state- as given . ment ...
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